perplexity
英 [pəˈplek.sə.ti]
美 [pɚˈplek.sə.t̬i]
记忆“perplexity”可以将其分解为三个部分:“per”表示“通过”、“plex”联想到“plexus”(网络、复杂性),以及“ity”作为名词后缀。将它们结合起来,可以想象为“通过一个错综复杂的网络或情况,感到困惑和迷茫”。这种视觉联想有助于记忆这个词的含义。
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- perplexity (n.)
- c. 1300, "bewilderment," from Old French perplexite "confusion, perplexity," from Late Latin perplexitatem (nominative perplexitas), from Latin perplexus "confused, involved, interwoven," from per- "completely" + plexus "entangled," past participle of plectere "to twine" (see complex (adj.)). From 1590s as "something that causes perplexity."
- 1. Most of them just stared at her in perplexity.
- 他们多数人茫然地凝视着她。
- 2. She looked at us in some perplexity.
- 她有点困惑不解地看着我们.
- 3. He scratched his head in perplexity.
- 他困窘得直抓头皮.
- 4. He began counting them and then, with growing perplexity, counted them a second time.
- 他开始数,然后更加困惑,于是又数了一遍。
- 5. Robert outfaces his perplexity with his most peremptory air.
- 罗伯特尽量以专横神气来掩饰窘迫.